Sybarite Syba-wrong!

I'm having a very hard time resisting SuperFrock's Sybarite....I had a Couture Savage when she came out...(see below)

But for some strange reason I just did not "click" with her? and I ended up selling her....Well...Now I just saw one of the latest Sybarites....her name is Fugu...

Why are they doing this to me? The doll is probably the most beautiful doll they have made....not including the lovely hand painted Chalk Whites and earlier dolls.....

With prices not typically starting under $800, you would think it would be quite easy to just ignore the "need" for one and be satisfied browsing all the photos on the web but....well I am a brat. I have been through the world of Asian Ball Jointed dolls...I have droped over a grand on dolls...yes DOLLS not just one.

I am no stranger to selling everything I own and skipping meals to buy a doll LOL. So You know I must have my Fugu. She will be mine.

I think what I like about Sybarites is the fearlesness in the styling and the abandonment of "functional" clothing. The concepts are intriguing and utterly inspiring. They are exactly what I have always wanted in a fashion doll (or art doll!).

The natural instinct is for me to pull out my old sketchbooks and start making clothes for these wonderful dolls...maybe it will help me fund the obsession...

But what makes it all even worse is my real love...the shoes!!!!!!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!

The Invasion of Little Edie!

So recently I took a commission to make Little Edie Beale from the cult documentary film "Grey Gardens". Well, I must admit I had invitations to view the film and I even borrowed the new Criterion version with "The Beales of Grey Gardens".....I couldn't sit through it...I seriously could NOT watch it...

So Fast forward...I get this commission...So I decided to do some research....resulting in hours of image hunting and then, true to form, in order to find the sould of the character of the doll I am making I need to experience them and get their vibe....so I decided to watch the movie....err or TRY to watch it again...

I started with the original...

Then I saw the HBO movie again (I had stayed home for to see the premiere and hated it when it first came out...)

Now I am unstoppable...I've seen the film I don't even know how many times. I recite the lines in my daily life and I am convinced I was either or both of them in a past life...or this one ahem..

The commission was completed...I fell in love with the doll...Here she is..the original

So OF COURSE I had to have my own.... and then it started..

Which Edie do I want? I mean of course the Revolutionary Costume of the Day is a natural choice...but why stop there?

So I made my Edie :D

...Then I made another...

...Then I made another...

...Then...That's right!

And finally, no not another Little Edie....I figured it was time for Big Edie Bouvier Beale OF COURSE! She happens to be one of my favorite dolls I've made in a while. I'm very happy with the resemblance! I can almost hear her.. "Edie!! Oh Edie!!" I'm pretty grateful to Sarah for commissioning me to do that first Edie....The documentary is amazing. I don't know why it took so long to get into it! I can not imagine not watching it a hundred more times....